$467.49 - 15% off w/ code LABORDAYSAVE =$397.36
https://www.ebay.com/itm/31396556...media=COPY
Seems like a great budget option for RVs and emergency home backup for essentials (w/ some overhead). It's hurricane season and I'm tired of being in the dark.
By far the cheapest dual fuel, portable, quiet generator in the ~3000w range that I've found from a somewhat reputable brand. Hopefully refurbished means "someone who knows what they're doing ironed out any major issues".
Past Costco deals for this model were $629 (in 2020) and $699 (in 2021). Current Costco deal for a similar unit - W02981 (not dual fuel or electric start) is $549
https://www.costco.com/.product.100367440.html.
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Wish I'd seen this https://www.costco.com/.product.100367
For my purposes and budget I'm pretty thrilled with the WH02942 deal, but I might add the W02981 to the main post.
Now time to prep for a natural gas hookup... It'll lose some power but I think we could've gotten by with a smaller unit anyways, and I could never stock enough gas/propane to get through a week without power like after Hurricane Harvey and Ike.
Sure you can.
You're not gonna be running 24x7 unless trying to run some ac or heat,etc and in that case you're gonna need a big generator this won't cut it and yeah large amount of gas. Better go whole home there, those gens are generally made for continuous duty. I know people who've done that for a week with big gas gen and it's just loud as heck and a constant hunt for gas.
If your house is not all electric and you're not trying to cool or heat it uses very little electric assuming you're on led. All of my big energy (which would normally be 240v loads in an electric houses) runs of LP when the storm hits i'm cooking, i'm drying, i'm heading water. Thus except for couple items (pumps,etc for whcih there are work arounds for) i can use an inverter (though i do have a regular gen to run emergency 240v load if needed)
I've got 3 bbq tank lp, and 4 nato cans (plan on expanding both).
I calculate even with 1/2 runtime which is too much i'm at around 11 days.
I have an LP tank buried but don't see a need to tap into that and it's not a monster size anyways i'd have to have to run a whole home.You can use some common sense and only need modest power supply<blockquote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqP9tbW0sZ0&t=224s</blockquote>
keep the inverter to run ac at night , security lights, security system, and charge fan batteries,etc. If you have big wattage appliances stoves etc not on gas you gotta have backup hotplates, toaster ovens,etc Add up your critical circuits, put in something like a protrans switch just for those and i think you'll find you have very minimal requirements.
Now time to prep for a natural gas hookup... It'll lose some power but I think we could've gotten by with a smaller unit anyways, and I could never stock enough gas/propane to get through a week without power like after Hurricane Harvey and Ike.
Runs everything in the house but AC and electric dryer.
I've seen estimates for this model of ~19 hours runtime on 20lbs, so with a larger tank I could probably stretch it a week or so...really the main concerns are fridge, charging devices, and fan/heater, but having the NG line just seems to eliminate the day 4/5 anxiety of "do I start siphoning my car or go look for propane". Plus I do all my grilling w/ lump and wood, so I'd never get any other use out of propane.
So many decisions. Thanks for al in the input!
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If you already have a gasoline-only generator, there are often kits that will convert it to tri-fuel (gas, propane, natural gas). Tri-fuel kits aren't as common for dual fuel generators, but overall it's not a huge project..
Wish I'd seen this https://www.costco.com/.product.100367
For my purposes and budget I'm pretty thrilled with the WH02942 deal, but I might add the W02981 to the main post.
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